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There are some teams that you take a liking too, and others which you have a disliking towards...for no good reason,

I don't like West Brom, due to the area and their negative football.

Strange that! Having spent lots of time working in the West Midlands I really like west brom fans, wolves fans too. But Villa fans, on the whole are deluded bellends - mags with horrendous accents
 
That is hilariously ironic really :lol::lol::lol: you're a new poster on here and stalking me trying to get other posters to like you by targeting the people who aren't well liked because of their controversial views :oops:
Of course I am. Fresh as a daisy

I'm not stalking you big boy. I'm pointing out your anti NE slavvering on a rival club's forum.
 
Except I was actually defending Sunderland fans by saying not to judge our fanbase on this board. Run along you sad little man
You must have a horrible time on here if you feel the need to go on other forums to cry about your treatment on it.

Do they bully you on here?
 
You must have a horrible time on here if you feel the need to go on other forums to cry about your treatment on it.

Do they bully you on here?
Nope , are you just really dense ? They were mocking safc fans because of what they saw on here and I said to ignore this board as it's not representative. A good example is MLF and reporter Captain Fishpaste being hounded off here because he was unbiased in his reporting.
 
No, they're not better than stotties.
They're totally different. And the oatcakes talked about on here at Staffordshire oatcakes, a kind of drop scone/pancake. There are other oatcakes from other places that are nothing like Staffs oatcakes, eg Scottish oatcakes, which are like a biscuit and the perfect accompaniment to cheese. Stotties are bread basically, nowt like oatcakes.
 
My dad was a coalminer for 47 years. There were many miners in Stoke who originated from Durham. One of my close schoolfriend' s family, originating from Durham, were staunch Sunderland supporters.........but he was a Stoke fan!
http://theminershymns.com/experience/2013/09


'I have arranged a supporting programme for The Miners' Hymns to feature two particular films: an extract from We Are Not Defeated and the short archive film Miners' Transfer Scheme (1964), which charts the moving of many Durham miners to live and work in Stoke-on-Trent.

Preserving the shared heritage ( may also explain why we are ugly ☺) :

RETIRED miner John Lumsdon has been buried alive twice, has battled raging fires underground and has worked with pit ponies on the coal face.

Now the 86-year-old's memories are to form part of a new £10,000 lottery-funded social history project, which will research the stories of people who worked down the pits.

It is being brought to life by Age UK North Staffordshire, who will spend the next year talking to former colliery workers and their families to provide a lasting legacy and education resource.

For John, who lives in Longton, it will also be a chance to meet up with other former miners.

Families attend memorial service for Diglake Colliery Disaster
Remembering the 4,700 miners who died in North Staffordshire's coal industry
Memories of a mining past: Children in 1842 working down the pit


The great-grandfather spent almost 34 years in the industry, retiring in 1985 when Florence Colliery faced closure.

John's first mining experience was in 1952 in his native County Durham. He can still recall his first £5 pay cheque.

But as Durham's mines began to shut, he knew he would have to move.

"I thought about going to Australia as one of the 'Ten Pound Poms'. They were giving flights for £10 at the time," he said.

"But it seemed a bit too far, so I moved here instead."

John's early life as a miner was before mass machinery.

He said: "At first, we had pit ponies. They would wear leathers and chains. It was all timbers and wooden props.

"I remember one particular day, I was working a split shift. I was cutting down the face.

"There was water four inches deep. Then suddenly, I heard a snap in the timber and the roof collapsed on me. It pushed my head into the water.

"I was still conscious. The man working with me tried to get this big stone off me. He lifted it off, but then slipped. My head hit the water again. The other shift wasn't due on for another hour so I said, 'Give it another go'. I had my arms on the ground and used all my strength. I managed to get out."

John was left nursing several broken fingers. It was one of a number of injuries he sustained underground.

But it inspired his later work as a member of the mine rescue brigade, which also took him to pits like Chatterley Whitfield and Victoria in Biddulph.

"I didn't get called to any explosions. But we did have fires," he said.

John has been so determined to preserve the memories of miners that he has created his own website dedicated to the 4,700-plus workers who lost their lives.

Now he hopes Age UK North Staffordshire's project will encourage others to share their stories.

He said: "They should be recorded. It's a way of living that should never be forgotten."

The Heritage Lottery Fund money will go towards a part-time project worker and the costs of materials and room hire. A social group for ex-miners and their families will also meet regularly.

Peter Bullock, chief executive of Age UK North Staffordshire, said: "The primary focus is going to be on collieries in the Newcastle area, such as Silverdale and Chesterton.

"But anybody who has got an interesting mining story can get involved."

Ray Johnson, director of Staffordshire Film Archive, is supporting the work, along with volunteers from Apedale Heritage Centre.

It is likely to culminate in a DVD and exhibition.

The testimonies will also give a fascinating insight into the role North Staffordshire's mining industry played in championing multiculturalism. Miners from across Europe moved to this area, with estates built by the Coal Board to accommodate their families.

Joan Hadley, who now lives in Clayton, was just seven years old when she arrived from Scotland.

The 65-year-old said: "My dad moved here to work down the pits. He worked all over, from Hanley Deep Pit to Wolstanton.

"When we arrived in 1955, we moved to an estate in Baddeley Green. It was still being finished and was a sea of mud.

"It was like the United Nations. We had Polish, Italian, Irish, Geordie and Stoke-on-Trent families. We all got to know each other."

Now the project will try to rekindle that sense of community.

Peter said: "We're trying to connect with isolated, older miners in particular.

"They can get involved in the group, talk to other former miners and share their stories.
The best post on here today. Much the same is true of the Nottinghamshire minefields. We have a shared heritage that must be maintained.
 
Nope , are you just really dense ? They were mocking safc fans because of what they saw on here and I said to ignore this board as it's not representative. A good example is MLF and reporter Captain Fishpaste being hounded off here because he was unbiased in his reporting.
You made yourself look stupid and in doing so offended countless "bells" who a) get on here and b) live in former pit villages.

I really do wish people who think they've become "better" than their north east roots would simply fck off elsewhere and never mention us again instead of slagging the area off to others.
 
You made yourself look stupid and in doing so offended countless "bells" who a) get on here and b) live in former pit villages.

I really do wish people who think they've become "better" than their north east roots would simply fck off elsewhere and never mention us again instead of slagging the area off to others.
Where do I think I have become better than my traditional farming routes ? It's not that I have an issue with anyone in the North East but at the same time they shouldn't be saying other places are shitholes really. Fair enough someone who lives in Monte Carlo saying somewhere is a shithole , when you live in a run down deprived community yourself I'd have thought you wouldn't bother.
 
Where do I think I have become better than my traditional farming routes ? It's not that I have an issue with anyone in the North East but at the same time they shouldn't be saying other places are shitholes really. Fair enough someone who lives in Monte Carlo saying somewhere is a shithole , when you live in a run down deprived community yourself I'd have thought you wouldn't bother.
Farming Routes? Is that like an Agricultural Highway? Perhaps a Livestock Lane?

Its one thing moaning about where tou live. Quite another to seek out others from a different part of the country purely to slag off your own.
 
Farming Routes? Is that like an Agricultural Highway? Perhaps a Livestock Lane?

Its one thing moaning about where tou live. Quite another to seek out others from a different part of the country purely to slag off your own.
Haha poor from me there I agree! *roots
I didn't seek them out just didn't want the majority of our fans to be seen in a bad light due to some of the idiots on here. What I did was quite the opposite defending our fans rather than slagging them off.
 
That is hilariously ironic really you're a new poster on here and stalking me trying to get other posters to like you by targeting the people who aren't well liked because of their controversial views :oops:


Think he's targeting you because you are coming over as a twat IMO
 
Genuine question what did he actually do ? All I remember kickoffs over was when he gave an unbiased match report
Sucks up to them lot. Lots. Gave grief to the club and our fans and then got the chance to speak on a national stage as a Sunderland fan and put our fans down. Again. He's a f***ing helmet.

You know this already no doubt and are simply trolling, as you always do.
 
Sucks up to them lot. Lots. Gave grief to the club and our fans and then got the chance to speak on a national stage as a Sunderland fan and put our fans down. Again. He's a f***ing helmet.

You know this already no doubt and are simply trolling, as you always do.
Fair enough pal , didn't know that
 
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